The World Scout Winter Games is an international winter sport

Winter sport

A winter sport is a sport which is played on snow or ice. Most such sports are variations of skiing, ice skating and sledding. Traditionally such sports were only played in cold areas during winter, but artificial snow and ice allow more flexibility...

s event for Scouts

Scouting

Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement with the stated aim of supporting young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, that they may play constructive roles in society....

.

First World Scout Winter Games

The First World Scout Winter Games was held at Kandersteg International Scout Centre

Kandersteg International Scout Centre

Kandersteg International Scout Centre is an international Scout centre in Kandersteg, Switzerland. The centre provides lodges, chalets and campsites covering 17 hectares of land. It is open to Scouts year round, as well as to non-Scouts for most of the year...

 between 2008-02-28 and 2008-03-03. Nine teams, representing eight countries participated. The events included cross country skiing, curling

Curling

Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...

, slalom racing, synchronised skiing and a triathlon

Triathlon

A triathlon is a multi-sport event involving the completion of three continuous and sequential endurance events. While many variations of the sport exist, triathlon, in its most popular form, involves swimming, cycling, and running in immediate succession over various distances...

. The overall winners were Sweden, with a team from Svenska Scoutrådet

Svenska Scoutrådet

Svenska Scoutrådet is the national Scouting and Guiding federation of Sweden.Scouting in Sweden was founded in 1908, Guiding followed in 1910...

, the Swedish Guide & Scout Council.

2nd World Scout Winter Games

The 2nd World Scout Winter Games will be held in 2010, also at Kandersteg.